Vehicle-top-shifting rail.



A. J. MURRAY.

VEHICLE TOP SHIFTING RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 5, 190a.

Patented July 27, 1909.

to provide a more siinpiv and in coi'ineotion with the AND.

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EW J. ii'TURRi X'Y, OF 'LIORULAND, NEW YORK, ASS'EGNGR TO CORTI 'ANBCARRIAGE GOODS COMB NY, )1" CORTLAND, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 9F NEW ORKTet-it mized July :27, woo,

serial No. $56,175.

To all 107mm THU? condom:

. Be it known that i ANDREW J. iviURRAY, a. citizen oi the United Staties, and a resident of Qortlmui, in the county Mil-flood, in the Quiteof New Yori have invenied new and usefui Impi'mremenis in VehicleFQp-Shiitiisiis, of which he foiiowim taken in draw :stioni I oompmiymo;is :i foil, CiCtil, and exact desmi This 'xivontion relates to theiiti'zaoimient of'vohicioiops to the seats, and the inven tion isiiiesigiied ciiiefly to re use aha cost of innnui'setiwe of the so-c d i'fb'ingi'aii on which the top is moon in, obviate certain defects oi thepoo: cons motion, and to ti'mi 11d it ifiSiiiOS in the novei mannerapplying to the mii the usual studs 01' props fol Lung the supports foxthetop.

it is well known i'i 21, heretofore it has been the geneiai practice toseoui'e said studs to the rail by Wehiing o; the saii v parts. Thismethod iiiis proved i'Lo beciiiiiouiil and unsatisfactory mvingg to thomi; being 03* considerable length and. of such shape to Pen-- iiei' itcumbersome and inconvenient. for i131 (Hing; in tine operation o1Welding, and the um ecrminty of producing yorfeot joints, and inconsoquei'ice thereof the we (ling is lis-bie to be iiifoct' H: and hemoon: of the stud 1 R1 1 is um'i able. seeming the stud to the rail inHm manner stated, ii; is oo'kfious that 1 case i h stmioi' the 132115iITQCQlTUf' broken: in any winjured. so as to impair its eiiicieney, theentire sii'uctui-e is rendered unfit i'o; use, as it incurs cimsidembie.ilSC to apply a new stud owing to Kim 3," amount of time and iHiHJi'required to propei'iy prepare the ail for :1 sea-nod woiiiing, lii'iii'ui'tiierinoie, in making; suoii i'o'pziii' [he innri'ing oi the railuiisvoidziiiiu.

The main oi ioe of the present invention )ciisivo .l'ilCi'iiOa'i ofsecuring the id. to the mii wiioi'oiiy aforesaid obj etionniiio fez!-tuz'os siiziii avoided and wueii iv'iiiqioi'mit the stud to "lg; removedin case w rohLWv'fi-i of the pm i oi" mpairs i 2 required, andwithoutdmxgor oi ii'izitei'iziiy injuring the finish of H mil.

vfioh {his .oi-jooi in viow my invention consists in the iiovei.construct in of the rail. and the attachment oi' the iUP-SUPDUI'tiHgstuii oi prop to said rail is hereinafter (lo-- soi'ibod si'iii claimed.

In the Ei CQUXHPZMXE- IQ drawing a perspective \iioW of e portion of thevehicletop shiH-l g raii embodying my improve ments; iiig; 2 is anenlarged detaii plan View, pint-1y in section, and iiiusti'iiting morefry the fiii i'fl-Ciliilfillil of the stud to the rail; 3 an enlargeddetail outer side view of port-ion of the rail showing more cieeriv theforged eye for receiving the stuo and, 4 an enia-rged. detail View of apOiiliOll of the stud.

Referring to the drawings 1- denotes vile so-oeiied shifting i-eii whichis desig'nedi to support 518 top of a vehicle and is atfiaohed' to theVGhiQiG-Sefib in the Well known man- This rail is composed of a singlemetal rod bent enguiariy to form the members which extend along the endsam back of the vehicle-seat and it is of elliptical or other suitableshape in cross-section. i

2 denotes one of the plurality of studs 01' props which project outwardfrom the rail 3. and support the frame of vehicle top. For attachingfiho said stud. to the rail, 1 proiide the end member of the railadjacent to tho junction with the back member with a transverse eye -3produced by forging,

by which operation the raiiis formed. with an onia-rgement having" fistfaces disposed at opposite sides of the rail and surrounding the edges0% the eye. x

In the outer face formed. a recess -i surrounding the eorresoonding edgeof bi-1e eye and shaped square or polygonal to dose ShOli. rs indicatedat --55. inner end, of the eye "3- is formed with a, countersink -6-.The said stud -'2, is formed from a rod which'is sqimye incrosssectionand the outer end of said stud is reduced -and forme cylindrical and issccewthreaded as usmii for the recepbios of a nut Yo; holding t ll; topT6011. The opposite or attaching om 3y this cons Emotion, it is obviousthat the dosed. into the stud is securely fastened to the rail, and itis evident that in case the stud becomes broken, it can be easilyremoved for renewal by simply drilling into the inner end sufficientlyto cut away the head -9 to allow the stud to be Withdrawn from the rail.

What I claim as my invention is z- As an improved article ofmanufacture, a vehicle-top shifting-rail composed of a single metal rodbent angularly to form the mem bers which extend along the ends and backof the vehicle-seat, each end member forged with a transverse eyeadjacent to its junction With the back member and with the enlargementat the eye-portion having flat faces disposed at opposite sides of themember and surrounding the ends of the eye, a countersink formed aroundthe inner end of the eye, the outer face of the enlargement being formedwith a polygonal recess surrounding the corresponding end of the eye,and a stud having a polygonal portion seated in the said recess and areduced cylindrical portion fitted to the eye, said cylindrical portionbeing upset to form a head seated in the countersink and terminatingflush with the inner face of the enlargement as set forth and' shown.

ANDREW J. MURRAY. Witnesses J. H. PIERCE, BLANoI-IE D. COOLEY.

